Authorities in Australia on Monday arrested and charged veteran radio broadcaster and former national rugby team coach Alan Jones for sexually abusing seven adults and a 17-year-old over a two-decade span.

Jones coached the Wallabies for four years from early 1984 and also hosted a popular Sydney breakfast radio show from 2002 until he retired in 2020.

Former Australian national rugby coach and retired broadcaster Alan Jones has been charged with multiple sex crimes against males over two decades.

Alan Jones, 83, was arrested and charged with 14 sexual offenses spanning two decades in Sydney on Monday, Nov. 18, the New South Wales Police announced in a news release.

The 83-year-old is a household name across Australia and for years held immense sway through his top-rating radio talk show.

Detectives from a dedicated child abuse squad arrested Jones while executing a search warrant at his luxury Sydney Harbour apartment.

Alan Jones, the veteran Australian radio broadcaster, has been charged with two dozen offences of sexual and indecent assault. The 83-year-old was taken into custody at his Sydney apartment early on Monday morning,

Veteran Australian broadcaster Alan Jones was charged on Monday with two dozen offenses of sexual and indecent assault.

Alan Jones is a former coach of Australia’s national rugby union team and a speech-writer for ex-Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser.